Power transmission means



May 30, 1944. J. R. oRELlND POWER TRANSMISSION MEANS Filed oct. 8, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet l May 3o, 1944. J R, QRELIND 2,349,880

POWER TRANSMISSION MEANS Filed 0012. 8, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patente'cl vMay 30, 1944 POWER-TRANSMISSION MEANS John n. online. wumene, nl., mmmtn 1nternational Harvester'oompany. a corporation o! New Jersey Application October 8, 1942, Serial No. 461,276

(Cl. 'I4- 11) 14 claims.

This invention relates to a power transmission mechanism and more particularly to a transmission mechanism of the type including a power take-off or auxiliary power shaft. y

Various power take-oil! mechanisms have heretofore been provided that include power take-oi! or other auxiliary shafts driven by the gearing of the change-speed transmission of a vehicle. Certain of these constructions are ycharacterized by the requirement that the transmission be operatedbefore power can be transmitted. by 'the power take-off shaft. Other mechanisms have heretofore included a power take-off shaft continuously operable by virtue of a direct connection with the vehicle engine or other constantly rotating part. Although structures of this type provide for the continuous operation of the power take-off shaft independently of the change-speed transmission. certain disadvantages are present, such as the requirement that an additional clutch bel provided for the power take-olf shaft in order that this shaft may be eiectivelyvoperated in conjunction with accessory implements or vehicles.

/The present invention proposes and has for its principal object to provide a continuously operable auxiliary or power take-oi! shaft having means providing for the operation of said shaft either by or independently of operation of the power shaft that is disengageably connected to the vehicle power source. whereby said shaft may be driven directly by the power source cr by said power source through tile medium of the disengageable connection or clutch, the latter func- 2 tion enabling the elimination of a separate clutch for the power take-off shaft.

An important object oi' the invention is to provide a power take-olf transmission means that may be easily installed in a vehicle of conventional construction.

Another object of the invention is to connect the improved power take-oil' means directly to the fly-wheel of a vehicle engine `and more speciilcaliy to utilize the connecting means as a cooperating part of the vehicle engine clutch.

Another object is to provide a plurality of power take-off shafts or power transfer means arranged to be driven independently of or simultaneously with the vehicle change-speed transmission.

Another object is to provide auxiliary means to be driven by one of the power take-oif shafts; such means consisting of, for example, a fluid pump for power lift means that may be used with the vehicle.

Another object is to provide the initial power transmitting shaft of the power take-off shaft as a sleeve surrounding the standard driving shaft of a vehicle drive mechanism and to provide said driving shaft and sleeve with a pair of driving elements associated as parts of a shiftable coupling means enabling driving connection of the power take-oi! shaft selectively with either the `sleeve or lthe drivingshaft.

Other importantobjects and features of the` invention will become apparent as a disclosure is more fully made in the following detailed description and accompanying sheets of drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through a vehicle drive means embodying power take-ofi mechanism constructed according to the present invention:

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 2-*2 of Figure 1 and illustrating a preferred form of gear teeth for use with gears in the coupling mechanism:

Figure 3 is a sectional view of a modified form of coupling means for the power take-off shaft;

Figure 4 is a sectional view of a modified form of construction embodying a second power takeoi shaft:

Figure 5 is a similar .view showing the structure of Figure 3 modified to embody a second power take-off shaft; and

Figure 6 is a diagrammatic plan view of a tractor body showing the locations of the two power take-olf shafts.

As stated above, one of the important features of the invention is the provision of a power takeoff shaft driving mechanism that is adapted for installation and use in a vehicle -drive means ko'f conventional construction. Accordingly, the drawings illustrate such structure, the numeral 5 designating tractor or the like having a rear power take-off shaft 6 and a pulley shaft 'l at one side of the body. The shaft 'l carries a pulley 8 outside the body and inside the body, as will hereinafter more fully appear, carries a bevel pinion 9.

'I'he numeral I0 indicates a y-wheel housing, formed as part of the body 5, and the numeral li indicates a connected housing in which is carried a change-speed transmission, the details of which will be set forth below.

The front end of the housing I0 is open and is connected in any suitable manner to a vehicle engine (not shown), which includes a crank-shaft or driving shaft I 2, only the rear portion of which is indicated in the drawings. This shaft is secured by bolts I3 to a ily-wheel Il. y

The fly-wheel is associated in the usual manner with a friction clutch. indicated generally at I5, which comprises a driving member or disk I6 adapted to be frictionally engaged with the fly-wheel by means of a pressure plate |1. The

tures.

The transmission housing II is disposed rearwardly of and connected to the front housing I and includes a front vertical wall 2 I' and a rearwardly spaced wall 22. The wall 22 is provided with an opening in Iwhich is carried an antifriction bearing 23 for journaling the 'shaft I9 adjacent its rearward end. This end of the shaft is enlarged and is provided with a. driving element in the form of a pair of concentric gears 24 and 25. The enlarged end of the shaft I9 is provided with a bore which carries a bearing 26 for piloting the reduced forward end of a splined output shaft 21. The rear end of this shaft is journaled in an antifriction bearing 28 carried in a vertical wall 29 adjacent the rear end of the transmission housing or casing II. The shaft 21 extends rearwardly of this wall and has keyed thereto, or otherwise `mounted thereon, a driving bevel pinion 3|). This pinion may be associated in the usual manner with the nal drive mechanism (not shown)` of the vehicle.

The walls 22 and 29 are provided respectively with antifriction bearings 3| and 32 disposed 35 axially on a line paralleling the axis of the output shaft 21. These bearings Journal a hollow'co'unter-shaft 33. This shaft is provided with a plurality of gears mounted thereon for rotation therewith, these gears being, respectively, a firstspeed ,gear 34, a second-speed gear 35, a thirdspeed gear 36, a fourthspeed gear 31, and a driving gear 38, the latter being in constant mesh with the gear 24 on the driving or clutch shaft I9. The splined output shaft 21 is provided with a first-speed gear 39, a second-speed gear 44, a thirdspeed gear 4I, and a fourth-speed gear 42. The last-mentioned gear is provided with an in'- ternal fifth-speed gear 43 adapted to be meshed with the gear 25 on the shaft I9, this connection providing for direct drive of the output shaft 21. The shiftable gears 39, 40-4I, and 42--43 may be shifted by any suitable mechanism, not shown here.

The transmission housing II, as previously stated, is provided with the transverse vertical wal1 2|. This wall includes an opening 44 normally closed by a supporting plate 45 rigidly secured to the wail 2| by a plurality of bolts 46. The upper portion of the wall 45 is provided with an antlfriction bearing 41 surrounding but not supporting the driving shaft I9. This bearing journals a longitudinal shaft in the form' of a sleeve 48, which surrounds the driving shaft I9 and which extends in proximity to the rear f'ace of the fly-wheel I4. The forward end of the sleeve 48 is provided with an annular flange 49, which is rigidly secured as by welding to a hub or plate member 50, which is in turn rigidly connected by a plurality of bolts to the rear face of the y-wheel. It will thus be seen that the sleeve 48 is driven directly by the ily-wheel I4 and will rotate as long as the fly-wheel is driven by the engine.

The preferred form of the invention illustrated 75 utilizes the hub or plate 59 asv the housing or cover plate of the engine clutch I5, and, as a matter of fact, the part 59 mayreplace the standard plate of such conventional clutches. Accordingly, the

5 plate 59 is adapted to be associated with the operating mechanism for the clutch I5, and to this end is provided with a plurality of openings, only one of which is shown at 52. The pressure plate I1 is provided with a plura1ity9f/lugs, only one of which is shown at 53, which extend respectively through the openings 52. Each lug has pivoted thereon an operating arm 54 engageable by means of an adjustable screw 55 with a stud 56 rigidly carried by the/ plate 50.` The pressure plate I1 is engaged by a plurality of pressure o with a depending bracket portion 53, which carries a support 59 including a sleeve 60 circling or surrounding the sleeve 48and the driving shaft i9. The sleeve 60 carries slidably thereon a throw-out collar'assembly. 6| operable by a throwout yoke 62 and operatively associated with the operating arms 54 of the clutch I5. The actuating mechanism for the clutch operates in the conventional manner, the pressure springs 51 mainthe arms 54 to release the pressure plate I1 and thus to disengage the driving connection between the fly-'wheel I4 and the driving disk I6.

As previously stated, the counter-shaft 33 of the change-speed transmission is hollow. A power shaft 63 extends through the countershaft 33 and is supported intermediate its ends by the counter-shaft in bushings 64. The rear end of the shaft 63 is suitably connected to the power take-olf shaft 6, previously described. The

as at 66, and carries axially slidable thereon and rotatable therewith a driving gear 61. It will be noted that the wall 22 and the wail 2|, including its supporting plate 45, form a compartment adjacent the main compartment of the transmission 6u housing II. These t'wo compartments are adapted to contain lubricant for the drive gearing. The lower portion of the wall 22 is open, as at 68, to provide for.the passage of lubricant between these two compartments. However, the

compartment that houses the engine clutch I5 is necessarily a dry compartment and accordingly is. appropriately separated by the wall 2| and supporting plate 45 from the lubricant-containing -compartments of the transmission. Figure 1 illustrates one form of the invention wherein a gear pump 66a, for example, is driven by the shaft 63. This pump may be used to drive a fluidpressure device of any type, as will be obvious to those skilled in the art.

Figure 4 shows another form of the invention in which the shaft 53 carries a beve1 pinion 68h to drive the bevel pinion 9 of the pulley shaft 1 In order that the shaft 63 and power takeoff shaft 6 may be driven selectively from either 70 the driving shaft I9 or the sleeve 49, there is provided a driving and coupling means optionally connectable between these elements. In one form Aof the invention, this means includes a driving element in the form of a gear 69 keyed to the driving shaft I9 just forwardly of the antifricrectly to the fly-wheel I4. This connection ii rear end of the sleeve 48 just rearwardly of the antifriction bearing 41 in the supporting wall 45 in the transverse wall 2| of the housing. 'I'his .coupling means also'includes the shiftable gear V61 on the splined portion 66 of the power takeoii' shaft. As best shown in Figure 2, the gear teeth on the gears 61, 99, and are preferably relieved at their leading or engaging'faces so that shifting and engagement of the gear 61 to either of the gears 99 or 19 may be easily and speed- 4ily effected. 'I'he gear B1 may be shifted on the members 19 and 90. The member 19 is keyed to the driving shaft 'I 9 in place of the gear 69. The

member 80 is keyed to or formed as a part of.

the sleeve 48 in place of the gear 10. A shiftable gear-clutch element 8| is carried on the shaft I9 `for rotation with respect to the shaft. The gear portion. of this element is in constant mesh with the'teeth on the gear 61 and may be shifted axially on the shaft I9 into engagement with either of the Aclutch elements or members 19 and allfthese partshaving appropriate engaging portions to. enable `the establishment of a positive drivingconnection therebetween.

In' another form'of the invention shown in Figure 7, the gear 61 carries a bevel pinion 61a meshing with ia` bevel pinion 61h to drive the pulley shftflf.

In theu operation of lthe structure shown in Figures 1 and 2, power is yinitiated by -the vehicle engine or other power source and the crank shaft.

I2 and fly-wheelA `I4 are rotated. Because of the l control the operation of the driving shaft I9, as

when gear changes or the like are required to be made in the change-speed transmission. According to one of theobjects of the invention, the engine clutch I5 may be utilized also for conn hollow counter-shaft trolling the operation of the shaft 63 and power take-off shaft 6. Such control is important in the establishment `of power drive between the vvehicle and a connected implement or auxiliary vehicle. In the case `of harvesting machinery, there are several moving parts to be operated, and it is accordingly convenient to provide` for a gradual starting up of these parts through the medium of the power take-off shaft.

4 provision of means for establishing an alternate the engine clutch I5 may be engaged so that drive is established through the shaft I9 and y gears 69 and 61 to theepower shaft 63.

After the attached implement. inthe present example a,harvesting. machine, has been started, it is 'desirable to maintain a constant rate of speed of .the parts so driven. Inasmuch as the operation of thetractor requires disengagement of the engine clutch for the effecting of speed changes inthe transmissionit will be obvious that the speed of the power take-off shaft '6 would be intermittently changed if the shaft 63 were rconnected'toA the transmission. According to thelpresent invention, however, this disadvantagefqexperienced in prior constructions is obviated by the provision of the mechanism enablingthe connection of. the power shaft 63 dimade by a shifting of the gear 61 out of engagement with the gear 69 on the shaft I9 and into engagement with the gear 10 on the sleeve 49. Now, since the shaft 63 is driven continuously by the ily-wheel I4, actuation of the engine clutch I5 will have no affect on its speed of rotation, and accordingly the vehicle embodying the driving means may be stopped or started or the rate of travel thereof. varied.

As stated previously, the teeth on the gears 61, 69, and 10 are shaped to provide for easy and speedy engagement of the gear 61 with either of the gears 69 or 1li. It will be understood, of course, that the coupling mechanism, here comprising the gears 61, 69, and 10, may be replaced by any suitable form of synchronizing-clutch unit, but, for the purposes of asimple and inexpensive construction, the elements illustrated will sumce.

The operation of the modified form of coupling means (Figure 3) is not materially different from the operation of the means just described. The shiftable member 8| is shiftable axially on the shaft I9 into engagement with either of the clutch members 19 or 90, a function corresponding to the shifting of the gear 61 in Figure i into engagement with either ofthe gears 99 or 10. In Figure 3, the gear-clutch member 9| isvin` constant mesh with the .gear 61 on the shaft 63, and it is accordingly not necessary that .the gear be splined on the shaft 63, as illustrated in Figure 1.

It will be apparent from the foregoing description that those objects hereinbefore enumerated are achieved in a preferred form of the invention that is characterized by efficient operation and simple and inexpensive construction. One of the important features of the invention yis the disposition of the driving sleeve 48 with respect to the shaft I 9 and the engine clutch I5. Another important object is the arrangement of the power shaft 93 and its extension through the 33. ,It will be understood, of course, that the parts and the disposition thereof may be altered to suit particular instances without a departure from the important principle of the invention, which consists of the drive to the power take-off, and/or belt pulley, between either the ordinary driving shaft, such as the shaft I9, or the continuous Ysource of power, such as the ily-wheel I4 and the crankshaft I2. Moreover, certain features of the various forms of the invention may be interchanged for the accomplishing of certain desired ends. Other modifications and alterations may be made in the preferred forms of the invention illustrated without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, as defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. For a vehicle including: a fly-wheel; an en Y closely spaced from thelrst gear; a power take- ,offl shaft; and a gear slidably keyed on the power take-olf shaft'for shifting into mesh with either of the aforesaid sears.

2. For a vehicle including: a ily-wheel; an engine clutch having a driven clutch part; a change-speed-transmission; and a driving shaft connecting the transmission and the aforesaid clutch part; a sleeve surrounding the aforesaid driving shaft; means directly connecting said sleeve to the fly-wheel, for rotation of said sleeve regardless of operation of the engineclutch; Va clutch member on the driving shaft; a second clutch member on the sleeve spaced from the first clutch member; a power take-off shaft, including a gear; a gear in constant mesh with the power take-oil shaft gear and mounted for shiftingaxialiy of the axis of the sleeve and driving shaft,`and including clutch elements selectively engageable with either of the clutch members on the driving shaft or sleeve.

3. For a vehicle including: a ily-wheel; an engine clutch having a driven clutch part; a change-speed transmission; and a driving shaft connecting the transmission and the aforesaid clutch part; a sleeve surrounding the aforesaid driving shaft; a bracket member secured to the s leeve and rigidly connected to the ily-wheel for rotating 'the sleeve by the fly-wheel, said bracket havingan opening therein; control means for the clutch through said opening; a drive element on the driving shaft: a second drivel element on the sleeve and disposed adjacent the first driving element; a power take-off shaft independent of the 4change-speed transmission; and.coupling means shiftable selectively between the drive elements for driving the power take-off shaft from either of said elements.v

A'sleeve and disposed adjacent the first driving element; a power take-off shaft extending through the hollow shaft vof the change-speed transmission; and coupling means shiftable selectively between the drive elements for driving the power take-off shaft from either of said eiementS.

5. For a vehicle including: a fly-wheel; an engine clutch having a driven clutch part; a change-speed transmission including a hollow shaft; and a driving shaft connecting the transmission and the aforesaid clutch part; power transmission means comprising a sleeve surrotation of said sleeve regardless of operation of the engine clutch; a gear on the driving shaft; a gear on the sleeve closely spaced'from the rst gear; a power take-off shaft extending through the hollow shaft of the transmission; and a gear slidably keyed on the power take-off shaft for shifting into mesh with either of the aforesaid gears.

6. For a vehicle including: a fly-wheel; an engine clutch having a driven clutch part; a change-speed transmission including a hollow shaft; and a driving shaft connecting the transmission and the aforesaid clutch part; power transmission means comprising a sleeve surrounding the aforesaid driving shaft; means directiy connecting said sleeve to the fly-wheel. for rotation oi' said sleeve regardless of' operation of the engine clutch; a'clutch member on the driving shaft; a second clutch member on the sleeve spaced from the first clutch member; a power take-ofi' shaft extending through the hollow shaft of the transmission and including a gear; a gear in constant mesh with the power take-off shaft gear and mounted for shifting axially of the axis of the sleeve and driving shaft, and including clutch elements selectively engageable with either of the clutch members on the driving shaft or sleeve.

7. For a vehicle including: an engine clutch having a driving clutch part and a driven clutch part; a change-speed transmission; and a driving shaft connecting the 'transmission and the driven clutch part; a power take-olf shaft paralleling the aforesaid driving shaft; means directly connecting said parallel power take-olf shaft to the driving clutch part, for rotation of said shaft regardless of operation of the driven clutch part; a drive element on the driving shaft; a second drive element on the parallel including a memberv extending power take-off shaft; coupling means for driving the power take-off shaft from either of said elements; a second power take-off shaft; and said coupling means capable of driving said second power take-off shaft from either of said ele- .rounding the aforesaid driving shaft; means directly connecting said sleeve to the fly-wheel, forv ments.

8. For a vehicle including: an engine clutch having a driving clutch part and a driven clutch part; a change-speed transmission; and a driving shaft 'connecting the transmission and the driven clutch part; power transmission means comprising a shaft paralleling the aforesaid driving shaft; means directly connecting said parallel shaft to the driving clutch part, for rotation of said shaft regardless of operation of the driven clutch part; a drive element on the driving shaft; a second drive element on the other shaft; a power take-olf shaft; coupling means for driving the power shaft from either of said elements; a second power take-oil shaft transverse to the first power take-on shaft; and said coupling means optionally making driving connections to said second power take-off shaft from either of said elements. l

9. For a vehicle including: a ily-wheel; an engine clutch having a driven clutch part; a change-speed transmission; and a driving shaft connecting the transmission and the aforesaid clutch part; power transmission means comprisinga sleeve surrounding the aforesaid driving shaft; means for unitary attachment of said sleeve to said y-wheel. whereby the sleeve has constant rotation with said fly-wheel; a. power shaft independent of the change-speed transmission; and means for selectively driving said power shaft from either said declutchable driving shaft or said constantly rotating sleeve, whereby driving from the latter permits operation of the power shaft without operation of the transmission.

l0. For a vehicle comprising an engine clutch. said engine clutch having a driving part and a driven part. a change-speed transmission, a driving shaft connecting the change-speed transmission and the engine clutch driven part, a

power take-off shaft paralleling the aforesaidl driving shaft, means for connecting said parallel power take-olf shaft to the clutch driving part for rotation of said shaft independently of the clutch driven part, and means for connecting said driving shaft to said power takeoil shaft for rotation of said shaft indeDCnd-y` `driven part, a change-speed transmission. a

driving shaft connecting the change-speed transmission and the. engine clutch driven part,

said engine clutch having a driving part and a drivenl part. a change-speed tV a driving shaft connecting the` change-speed `transmission and the engine clutch driven part.

a power take-off shaft parallelingthe aforesaid driving shaft. means -connecting -said parallel take-off shaft to the f clutch driving part for rotation of said shaft independentlyof the clutch Y driven part, means connecting said driving shaft 'to said power take-off shaft for rotation of said shaft independently of said engine clutch driving part, and means for optionally engaging either of said means for driving said power takeo'if shaft.

12,.` For a vehicle comprising an engine clutch.'

` @said engine clutch having a driving part and a ,v driven part, a change-speed transmission, a driving shaft connectingtheK change-speed transmission and the engine clutch driven part, a

power take-off shaft paralleling the aforesaid driving shaft, means disconnectably connecting saidv parallel take-off shaft to the clutch driv- 'ing part forrotation, of said shaft independently of the clutch driven part, and means disconnectably connecting said driving shaft to said power take-oil shaft for rotation of said shaft v `independently of said engine clutch driving part.

"13.- For a vehicle comprising anengine clutch,

a power take-otf shaft paralleling the afore- -said driving shaft, means disconnectably connecting said parallel take-off shaft to the clutch drivingi part for rotation of said shaft independ ently of the clutch driven part, means disconnectably connecting said shaft to said powerV take-off shaft for rotation of said shaft independently of said engine clutch driving part. and means for optionally engaging either oi said means for driving said power take-oil. shaft.

i4. For a vehicle including: an engine clutch having a driving clutch part and a driven clutch part; a change-speed transmission; and a driving shaft connecting the transmission and the driven clutch part; a power take-off shaft paralleling the aforesaid driving shaft; means for directly connecting said parallel power take-ofi shaft to the driving clutch part, for rotation oi said shaft regardless of operation of the driven clutch part; a drive element on the driving shaft; said means for directly connecting said parallel power take-off shaft to the driving clutch part comprising a drive unit and means for shifting said drive unit to effect driving of the power take-of! shaft from either the driving clutch part or the drive element on the driving shaft.

JOHN R. ORELIND. 

